How to Make Taco Salad | Hilah Cooking

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is lower in fat, while ground pork is often less expensive.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt is higher in protein and lower in fat.

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Reduced-fat cheese has fewer calories, while processed cheese can be more affordable.

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Spritz a couple of oven-safe bowls with oil and place them upside down on a baking sheet.

Mash a tortilla around the bowl to create a shell shape, allowing it to fold naturally.

Spritz the outside of the tortilla with oil.

Bake the tortilla shells in the oven for 8 minutes.

If using smaller tortillas, microwave them first to soften before shaping.

Prepare toppings while the shells bake, using any leftover ingredients you have.

For the beef filling, sauté onion and garlic, then add chili powder, ground beef, oregano, salt, and pepper.

Once the shells are baked, carefully flip them off the bowls and return them to the oven for an additional 2 minutes to crisp the inside.

Layer beans, meat or vegetable filling, lettuce, jalapeno, tomatoes, cilantro, and queso inside the shells.

Top with salsa and serve.

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